Alien Nation

This movie I watched as a kid and he made me feel like I was a kid again

I really liked this movie when it came out originally long long ago. I remember having the VHS of this as well and though I didn't wear it out, I sure put a few miles on it. When the show of the same name came out I was hesitant at first because of the actor changes but they did a good job there, the idea is solid.Aliens crash on earth and most of them remember being the slaves to some sort of other race that was on the ship but can’t be found now that they are “free” as it were. That idea, that there are unseen controllers running around is interesting and when I was 15 I really didn’t see it. Also, since they are aliens it is really easy to mirror race relations, like so many of these stories seem to do. The alien race like many other stories with aliens are stronger and smarter and over all a better “person” than we are and that distinction makes the strain on them trying to fit into a flawed human populace that more difficult.Still a good movie and I have enjoyed repeat viewings of it, even if I haven't sat all the way through them as I like to have movies on in the background as noise.

Fun movie.

This movie was surprisingly well put together. Everything you would expect from a classic early 90s/late 80s action movie. If you are a fan of Criminal minds you might recognize Mandy Patinkin as Sam by his voice and maybe Terence Stamp are Harcourt but the makeup was very well done for the age of the film. It has also aged well without too many colloquialisms or dated references.If you have seen one 80s/90s action movie you have seen them all but if you are a connoisseur I would recommend this delightful 88.Things to note:Many have said the Alien speech wasn't subtitled but in the version it watch it was so it might have been updated.There is language and violence that you should use discretion if viewing with children.There are racial slurs used for the Aliens and police violence which could be a trigger.

I think I probably learned to speak English by watching this movie . . . ironic. It's probably why I love this movie so much haha.So basically I identify with the aliens bc I had to adapt, living in a new country and new society. Dealing with different things like hardships finding new friends at school, speaking a new language. This movie had it all and more.Without giving away the entire movie, it also deals with other trouble that newly immigrated aliens can get into bc they want to make money.Awesome movie. I think I'm going to watch it before I go to bed tonight.

I watched this years ago when it first came out and it is still watchable. It seems to have lost something over the decades though and I think that just has something to do with the movies that are out since then and the special effects.

This is one of my favorite cop buddy movies. It spawned a short-lived TV series that was really quite good but didn't get the viewership it needed. The film not only was fun to watch but also had a strong social message about acceptance. What I thought was interesting is how all of the different human races came together to deny the "Newcomers" the same rights as they had. It was also interesting how the "Newcomers" fit into a niche by finding what humans threw out as palatable and useful. The "Newcomers" were by and large a peaceful and accepting people. But human racism wanted to keep them out of the mainstream. The same idea was expressed in the South African film, "District 9." Enjoyable film.

The two cops, alien and human, overcome racist assumptions and attitudes by working together day after day and earning one another's trust, and developing a real relationship, and friendship. Imagine if they'd sent the human cop to some mandated anti-racist workshop to ensure he came up with the mandated correct attitude and language so that he could keep his job. He'd hate and resent the alien race even more, not less. It was a fun movie, but it did remind me how people have a real change of heart, and it's not by p.c. language enforcement, it happens through relationships, all the rest is b.s.

Mandy Pataykin (amazing character actor and difficult human being) and the Late, Great James Cahn, star in this brilliant take on 'Illegal Aliens'.A race of Aliens, in a ship of slaves land on earth. They are given Asylum on earth..AND HYJINJS ENSUE!

Arrivato in anticipo è un bellissimo film Fantapoliziesco, un vero cult anni 80 . Custodia e dvd perfetti.

El disco es original prensado. La calidad de la imagen y el sonido es buena, como cuando se exhibió en 1988. La trama, una mezcla de suspenso policíaco y ciencia ficción. La película está doblada al castellano y los diálogos de los alienígenas subtitulados automáticamente.

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Derided by many film critics as having too little SF and being too much like a cop buddy movie I was apprehensive prior to my revisiting this 1988 film as to whether it would come across as embarrassingly dated. However, although the movie definitely has a feel of its time it has somehow retained an entertaining freshness and the themes explored are similar to those confronted in Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, but whereas that film has the South African government segregating the alien newcomers from the indigenous human population, in Alien Nation the government of the United States has granted their more humanoid alien immigrants citizenship and decreed that they are to be integrated into southern California society. Perhaps it is because the movie’s strength lies in the successful chemistry between the two lead actors (along with their predictable, but nevertheless amusing interactions) that the film does not appear dated. At times James Caan’s Matt “I’m a bigot” Sykes and newcomer Mandy Patinkin’s Sam ‘George’ Francisco appear to be reprising Steiger and Poitier in In the Heat of the Night, and even though the plotting is predictable and the car chases inevitable its obvious allegorical relevance to western countries today still resonates. However, the fast pacing of the narrative never allows the social points to overwhelm the action. I particularly enjoyed the appearance of Republican President Ronald Reagan offering these intergalactic immigrants amnesty and citizenship while the presence of Terence Stamp in any movie is a plus. In my opinion, a classic movie whether in the SF or cop buddy genre.